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HIGHLAND COPPER ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF BARRY O'SHEA AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Highland Copper company Inc. has appointed Barry O'Shea as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Mr. O'Shea has also been appointed to Highland's board of directors.

Mr. O'Shea joined Highland Copper in February, 2022, as the company's chief financial officer and was appointed interim chief executive officer in October, 2023. Mr. O'Shea has considerable operating, capital markets and finance experience across diverse industries and countries. Prior to Highland, he was the chief financial officer of Fiore Gold Ltd., who successfully restarted the Pan mine in Nevada and was subsequently acquired by Calibre Mining Corp. Prior to Fiore, Mr. O'Shea spent eight years with New Gold Inc., initially as vice-president of finance where he oversaw operational analytics, financial planning and capital project controls, particularly new mine construction. He then served as vice-president, business development, responsible for corporate development, investor relations and strategic capital allocation. Mr. O'Shea is a chartered professional accountant and has an honours business administration degree from the Ivey Business School.

"On behalf of the board, we are very excited to welcome Barry as our full-time chief executive officer. He will also join our board of directors after serving in the interim chief executive officer role since October, 2023. Barry's positive leadership style, ability to communicate across multiple stakeholder levels, and his strong commitment to responsible environment, health and safety practices and the community, will provide the right leadership for Highland as it positions itself for construction and operations. The board performed a very thorough process utilizing both the internal talent on the board and external advisers during the search for our next chief executive officer. After much diligence, it was apparent Barry will provide Highland the right leadership as its chief executive officer," stated Steve Hicks, chair of the board of Highland Copper.

About Highland Copper Company Inc.

Highland Copper company is a Canadian company focused on exploring and developing copper projects in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States.